Condiment holder



Aug. 11, 1925.

' R. RODGERS CONDIMENT HOLDER Filed Feb. 21, 1924 Patented .Aug. 1925 umrsp .STATIEST.

REX nononns, or Darren, NEBRASKA.

comnmnn'r noamm Application filed February 21,1924. Serial F0. 694,295. v

i To all whom it may cance /"rt:

Be it known that I, REX RODGERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dalton,

in the county of Cheyenne and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements -in a Condiment Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in condiment holders, and more particularly to that class adapted for use as a salt-andpepper shaker. An important object of the invention is to provide a condiment holder which is so constructed as to contain a plurality of individual compartments. v

A further object of the invention is to provide a condiment holder of this character which has novel means of operating the perforated disks to permit use thereof. A still further object of the invention is to provide means upon a condiment holder whereby one compartment may be opened while the otheris closed. I

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent-in the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 1s a top plan view of the device comprising my invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, Fi re, 3 is a horizontal section taken on Figure 4 is a longitudinal vertical section 0 taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1, and

- this partition Figure 5 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2. F

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 10 generally denotes the condiment holder which is provided with a-pair of compartments more specifically designated by the.

numeral 11 which indicates the epper compartment and the numeral 12 enoting the salt compartment.

The center of the condiment holder 10 has a vertical (partition 18 formed therein, ividin the holder into the compartments 11 .an .12, and preventing mixture of the matter therein. Each of the compartments has a neck 14 formed on the upper end, the extremity thereof being of the disks will cause the perforations formed in one disk aligning with the cap,

during one operation, while the other disk will be so positioned as to entirely cover the perforations in the cap and prevent matter from issuing from this compartment.

In order that the disks 16 may be conveniently operated by the user while shakin the condiment holder, I provide an 0 erating mechanism consisting of a pair 0 extending arms 19 formed integral with the disks 16 or secured thereto, the ends of the arms 19 being provided with elongated loops 20. Mounted upon 'a' pivot rod 21 is a swinging lever 22 the lower extremity thereof being provided with an actuating ball 23, and the upper extremity tapering to a oint adapted to penetrate the loops 2O ormed on the extension arms. At about its mid-section the swinging lever 22 is pro.- vided with an opening which'is penetrated by the pivot rod 21 and acts as a bearing for the lever. I provide a; pair of washers 24 securely fastened to the pivot rod 21 on both sides of the lever 22 thereby preventing side movement thereof. A supporting bar 25 ,is secured to the side of the condiment holder slightly below the .cap and supports a spring rod 26 which is secured to the swinging lever 22 and adapted to move through asultable opening formed in the supporting bar. A disk 27 is secured to one extremity of the spring rod 26- to prevent displacement thereof, a coil spring 28 bei n positioned on the inner side of the rod 26 etween the supporting bar 25 and the lever 22, thereby forcing the lever away from the supportin bar.) a

The bottoms of t e compartments 11 and 12 are provided with threaded o enin 29 which are adapted to receive t e pair of threaded plugs 30.

use, the device may be employed as a coinbination salt-and-pe per s aker, the compartments being fille through the bottom by removal of theplugs 30 and insert- When it is desired to discharge pepper from the holder the swinging lever 22 is moved by forcing the ball 23 formed on the lower extremity thereof, against the body of the holder, thereby causing rotation of the disks and closing. the salt compartment while aligning the perforations in the disk 17 with those formed in the cap on the pepper compartment. Obviously the user may discharge either salt or pepper as desired from the single condiment holder and thus materially lessening con'fusioniabout the din in table. i

tis to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same,

formed therein aligned with those formed in the ca and that various changes as to shape, size and arrangementof parts may be resorted to without departing from the,

spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A condiment'holder comprising a container having a pair of spaced neck portions, a pivot pin located between the neck portions and bridging the space between them,

a lever fulcrumed upon the pivot pin, a bar adapted to bear at its ends against the sides of the-neckportions and disposed approximately parallel with the pivot pin, a spring bearing at one end against the bar and at its'opposite end against the lever at one side of the fulcrumed point, perforated caps mounted upon the neck portions, perforated- 

